The Metropolitan Market is Seattle's upscale grocery chain. Aram Saroyan is an internationally known concrete poet.

In a recent blog post poet Ron Silliman claims that the logo for the Metropolitan Market "appears to be have been stolen from Aram Saroyan."

I am not sure if Silliman is simply making light of the similarities or is being accusatory.

Here is the logo and Saroyan's creation. Yes, they are similar but if he is indeed serious I believe it is a bit of a stretch to claim that it might be stolen. At minimum the fonts are very different. I would have to think that there are numerous examples of two m's joined together in our written history.

If you are aware of or come across any other examples of married m's feel free to send along

Ron Siliman's post on the work of Aram Saroyan